"Palatine Tonsil" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A round-to-oval mass of lymphoid tissue embedded in the lateral wall of the PHARYNX. There is one on each side of the oropharynx in the fauces between the anterior and posterior pillars of the SOFT PALATE.
| Descriptor ID |
D014066
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A04.623.603.925 A10.549.580 A14.724.603.925 A15.382.520.604.580
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| Concept/Terms |
Palatine Tonsil- Palatine Tonsil
- Palatine Tonsils
- Tonsils, Palatine
- Tonsil, Palatine
- Tonsil
- Tonsils
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Palatine Tonsil" by people in Profiles.
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Multisite comparison of anti-human immunodeficiency virus microbicide activity in explant assays using a novel endpoint analysis. J Clin Microbiol. 2009 Nov; 47(11):3530-9.
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CM1 ligation initiates apoptosis in a caspase 8-dependent manner in Ramos cells and in a mitochondria-controlled manner in Raji cells. Hum Immunol. 2002 Jul; 63(7):576-87.
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Normalization of immune activation in lymphoid tissue following highly active antiretroviral therapy. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2000 Oct 01; 25(2):150-6.
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CD4-Negative cells bind human immunodeficiency virus type 1 and efficiently transfer virus to T cells. J Virol. 2000 Sep; 74(18):8550-7.
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Immune complexes containing human immunodeficiency virus type 1 primary isolates bind to lymphoid tissue B lymphocytes and are infectious for T lymphocytes. J Virol. 2000 Jan; 74(1):552-5.
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Perforin is not co-expressed with granzyme A within cytotoxic granules in CD8 T lymphocytes present in lymphoid tissue during chronic HIV infection. AIDS. 1999 Jul 30; 13(11):1295-303.
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B lymphocytes in lymph nodes and peripheral blood are important for binding immune complexes containing HIV-1. Immunology. 1999 Apr; 96(4):612-9.
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Early reduction of immune activation in lymphoid tissue following highly active HIV therapy. AIDS. 1998 Jul 30; 12(11):F123-9.